No surprise
It's a pat on the wrist. One more strong signal that the US Govt does not consider spamming (misuse of other people's computers without their permission, by the millions) to be a real crime. And that's because the spammers succeeded in positioning themselves as beleagured "internet entrepreneurs" not the criminals that they are. You can blame idiots like Zoe Lofgren and her "expert" advisor at the ACLU for that. When the "business community" (even the "white collar criminals") says jump, the most supposely "liberal" congress critters say how high, sir!
Suppose I figured out a way to break into a hundred thousand cars and misuse them for a little while, without doing any permanent damage to them. Would that be a crime? Not if I'm a "businessman."
Biting the hand that feeds IT
